 | William Maxwell - 1850 - 506 pages
...Christian religion ; and what provision is there made for the paying of your ministry ? Jlnswer. The same course that is taken in England out of towns;...according to his ability instructing his children. We have fforty eight parishes, and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be better if they... | |
 | William Henry Foote - 1850 - 584 pages
...instructing the people within your government in the Christian religion?" says — " We have forty-eight parishes, and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be better, */ they would pray oftener and preach less. But of all other commodities, so of this, the worst are... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1852 - 374 pages
...parishes," adds Berkeley, from whose letter to the privy council in England this account is taken, " and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent...better, if they would pray oftener, and preach less." A little farther on, he thanks God there are neither schools nor printing-offices in the province,... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - 1853 - 354 pages
...parishes," adds Berkeley, from whose letter to the privy council in England this account is taken, " and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be better, if they wrould pray oftener, and preach less." A little farther on, he thanks God there are neither schools... | |
 | Clavin Henderson Wiley - 1855 - 380 pages
...extract from his answer to inquiries from the Committee of the Colonies: — ."We have forty-eight parishes and our ministers are well paid, and, by...better, if they would pray oftener and preach less. * * * * * * Yet I thank God, there are no free schools and no printing, and, I hope, we shall not have... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...his own children according to hij own ability. Wo have forty-eight parishes, and our ministers art* well paid, and by my consent should be better, if they would pray oftem-r, and preach less. But as of all other commodities, to of this, tho worst are sent ns, and we... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1856 - 482 pages
...for one * Virginia's Cure, 4. Campbell, 79. Sir William Berkeley, writing in 1670 or 1671, said : " Our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be better, if they would pray oftencr and preach less. But as of all other commodities, so of this, the worst are sent to us." (... | |
 | William Allen - 1857 - 926 pages
...inquiries of the committee for the colonies, is a curious specimen of his loyalty : " We have forty-eight parishes and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be better, if they would pray oftencr and preach less ; but, as of all other commodities, so of this, the worst are sent us, and... | |
 | Edward Duffield Neill - 1867 - 128 pages
...religion; and what provision is there made for the paying of your ministry V To which he answered : " The same course that is taken in England out of towns...to his ability, instructing his children. We have forty-eight 3 parishes, and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent would be better, if they... | |
 | Henry Alexander Wise - 1872 - 332 pages
...Christian religion ? and what provision is there made for the paying of your ministry ?" Answer: "The same course that is taken in England out of towns;...according to his ability instructing his children. We have forty-eight parishes, and our ministry are well paid, and by my consent should be better if they would... | |
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Answer.—The same course that is taken in England out of towns; every man according to his ability instructing his children. We have fforty-eight parishes, and our ministers are well paid and by my consent should be better if they would pray oftener... 
